This is an outline of several gowen file types and the common cards found within it. These threads are essentially an updated version of Harvests threads. These aim to make it easier for newer players to see what works well together and hopefully allow them to make their own exciting files. I'd like to thank The Circle - especially NitroDino who basically wrote this up by himself. Special Thanks once again to harvest4god who inspired these threads. I will try to keep these updated.Note that I am defining 'rush' files as Lv 1-3 files, Mids as files which use at least 1 Lv 4-6 unit and Bigs as files which usually use at least 1 Lv 7-9 unit for simplicity.

PixiesMost Pixies have unique open skills and some of them lock a good part of all cards. The main goal of the file is to lock key cards of your opponent while swarming the field with your fairies. To master this file it requires a lot of skill and knowledge about the game.

Common Cards:Pixy Assassin ** - open damagePixy Healer * - protects your low HP pixies from open damage and if timed correctly with Archer and Greatsword can keep Cyclone useless, in some variants she is used to raise Gowen levels to use Bringer late gameFairy Knight / Torte *** - the tank of the file and can be a really good damage dealerPixy Dual Wielder * - free reviver and can one shoot many thingsMage Pixy ** - locks character on openother pixiesFairy Dance ** - similar use to HealerDragon Breath * - cheap damageFireball Breath ** - similar to Dragon BreathDragon Slayer / Bringer ***** - endgame and killing units with high DF, sometimes found in pixy filesShield Coat / Fierte **** - Good soul skill, helps dealing against any mid or big file, depends on play style and current meta.Treasure Hunter * - gets your pixies back to keep locking your opponentCemetery Rats * - similar use like Mitzett's open, doesn't work if you use Healer to buff the levelsHeroic Faerie / Torte *** - Similar to mercenery in a sense that she self buffs and self level ups at the cost of SP. Punishes users of defense as she takes their defense for her own benefit.

Gowen RushThis file aims to play strong units quickly and support them with open skills to take out opponent's weakened units or support units. This type of file tries to use cards which are good in many situations which ends up being this file's main strength and aims to overwhelm the opponents by hitting them with a steady stream of damage from salamander open skills, soul skills and grimoires. An example of gowen rush is the Gowen Starter.

Key Cards:Salamander * Can kill units with open skill and decent unit on the field. Also used to activate soul skill.Soul Skills which deal damage

Common Cards:Bellydancer / Kurina *** Free revive and buffs friendly units. Good all rounder unit.Man-Eating Tiger * Free Revive and can deal good damage to back row support units. fairly tank for a lv2.Gun Princess / YuniEX Great Open skill, can buff friendly units, also ignores def with action skillLight Heierrat Fighter ** Another free revive.Mercenary * Possible mid-late game unit which can scale it's stats to be very powerful.Forest Rhino ** powerful unit able to deal a lancer-style attack.Alraune ** If left alone this unit can become very powerful, ignores def.Feline Kin Knight ** Good start skill when focused. Average statwiseFlame of Hatred / DullinEX Can get very high attack, deals good damage, very tank for a Lv3.Dual Axe Wielder * Decent unit with high attack and can get very high HP after rank-upBlitz Soldier * One of the strongest Lv2 units (in stats) in the game.Vicious Phantom / BelltiaEX A powerful unit which can deal lots of damage.Mage Pixy ** Good tech unit which locks opponent characters.Archer Pixy * Another Good tech unit which can lock out Lv4 and higher units.Bear-Killing Axeman * Very high attack power and pretty good HP for a Lv3 unit. Main downside is his AGI.Heroic Faerie / Torte *** Similar to mercenery in a sense that she self buffs and self level ups at the cost of SP. Punishes users of defense as she takes their defense for her own benefit.Any other gowen lv3 unit who is good at 1v1.

OrksThe idea of this file is to use cards that boost the Ork subtype and overhelm your opponent. It is a gowen level 3 rush file. Most of the cards are common except Grebados who is EX and EX Giant Ork, that makes it a little hard to build. The theme of Orks are auto skills that bypass DF and after dealing damage they get engaged.

Key Cards:Ork King / GrebadosEX - tribe buffers, can revive Orks and deal damage at the same time, iczer attacks for 2 LPOrk Commander ** - tribe buffer, can make Brebados agi 1 so he will go last and be able to revive an Ork or agi 4 to revive an Ork killed by a soul skill/open damage, he can iczer attack which most Orks can't

Common Cards:Giant Ork * - auto skill that bypasses defenceSmart Ork * - auto skill that bypasses defence, rank up and after rank up grimbanes for freeEX: Giant OrkEX - auto skill that bypasses defence, but level 2Ork Bombardier * - auto skill that bypasses defence and RNG 2Salamander * - used to trigger soul skills, open damage good for stacking damageDryad * used as sacrifice and to make your Ork a little harder to kill for non falkow filesdamage grims

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MonstersMonsters or gowen monsters is a gowen rush files. The main idea of the file is to use swarm the field with monsters, the two main combo is to use Forest of Hate's start skill to disengage Rhino and Gorilla so you can use their skills every turn.

Common Cards:Myconida ** double hitter and enables some poison related cardsDevouring Lizard * tank with auto healTree Giant ** important for the row monster variantAlraune ** bypasses DF and deals more and more damage over timeMagma Golem * used more in deck destruction files but sometimes added to the file, it can be useful to get rid off 3 opponents cards without fighting themGiant Forest Snake * can return units, very important for the row monster variantVicious Raptor * fast and can help dealing with DFForest Child / Athira *** gives you a free gowen level and heals your monstersdamage grimsSalamander * used as sacrifice unit and to stack damage with soul skillsDryad * used as sacrifice and can make Rhino harder to kill for non falkow filesFairy Dance *** used to counter open damage files like big gowen

NatashaThe main strategy behind this file is to rush out Natasha and use her ability to special summon as many Plant Monsters as you like. The rest of the file are usually standard units you will find in any gowen Monster file.

BKR & friends (Beast King Rivera, Jack and Bringer)This file was once really strong, got some cards nerfed but it is still really good. Probably one of the best RP files with Big Red. It requires a lot of rare cards to build. The main combo is to use Beast Kings Rivera's auto skill to raise AT of all your attacks and then use Jack to double kill your opponents. Jack helps generate some gowen levels until 6, then Bringer is used to lower them so he can use his auto skill again. It usually uses an all damage ss line up around 9-10 LP.

Gowen WarriorsThe idea behind this file is to use Warrior support cards like Amazon and Brave Strike. This file can be played as a level 3 rush file or a file of mixed lvl3 and 4 units. Some of the cards for this file can be found in the Warriors prebuilt in the shop.

Mercenary NationThe main idea of this file is to drop Field Commander and 1 other Mercenary Nation unit (usually the first is Revolver Bladesman), by using the action skills of other Mercenary Nation units you generate SP for free which helps to drop more units. Once you have more units you can use the second skill of Field Commander to do double damage with one unit per turn.

Common Cards:Gun Princess / YuniEX - open can kill annoying great spirits or used to stack damage with soul skills, additional buffer and can deal with DF with her skillHeierrat Horseman * - use because of the open and as sacrifice unit, really good because with him you don't need to raise your sphere levels to get rank up Feline Kin Knight ** - great 1 SP action skill, can engage a random unit next turnLight Heierrat Fighter ** - free revive unit and has a 1 SP that can kill units out of rangeHeierrat Flame Magician ** - in some variants use as single copy because of the openPrice of Knowledge / Liz *** - free action skill works with Field Commander and can help reviving your field against field damageHeierrat Warchief / Delrare *** - similar to Liz free pinpoint, and if kills a unit he buffs a friendly Mercenary Nation unitHeierrat Broadsword Soldier ** - can get high AT with Princess YuniSalamander * - every gowen file should use at least 1 copyArcher Scout ** - used as open unitMercenary Princess / Yuni ***** - Fairly powerful ranged unit who gains a bonus 20 piercing damage lancer when you have 3 or more mercenary nation units on the field.Heierrat Knight ** - A 'tank' of sorts for Mercenary Nation.Mercenary Fencer ** - Fast and powerful front line unit who can double hit for 1sp and 41->60 dmg. Also buffs the speed and attack of the unit behind her.Heierrat Sniper * - Accurate ranged unit who can deal lots of damage especially to enemy characters.damage grims (Fire Arrow, Ball of Flame, Dragon Breath, Brave Strike because most of your units are Warrior subtype units)

Martial Artists (MA)The main idea of the file is to use the multiple AT abilities of your Martial Artists to crush your opponent, in other words just press AT button. Damage grims are used to lower the number of opponent units if you are outnumbered or to deal with powerful enemy units, so you get a field of 2 against 2 where your units are individually a lot stronger in most situations. You can get many of these cards from the Martial Arts Masters Pre-build from the shop.

Beltorat KingdomA powerful rush file that is able to obtain high AT. Wins games through swarming and overpowering opponents. There are several variants of this file but the main one uses Dragoneye / Ainhazard.

Common Cards:Red Priestess / ColetteEX - Permanently buffs AT and HP of a friendly beltorat unit. Also helps with file flow early due to her open skill.Silver Swordartist / DysonEX - Powerful unit who may retrieve dragons from your cemetery on counter.Elite Beltorat Knight ** - Powerful unit who buffs the AT and DF of friendly beltorat units for the turn. Also has a piercing charge attack.King's Right Hand / Baldern *** - Has a semi-pinpoint action skill. Buffs AT, AGI and RNG of a friendly unit as a start skill.Beltorat Wyvern Rider ** - Can double attack. Powerful ranged unit after rankup. Open skill helps with file flow.Beltorat Light Cavalry * - Decent ranged unit for the file.Beltorat Shaman * - Used in some variants to help get the SP needed to summon a dragon-kin to the field.Guardian of Beltorat * - Open skill is useful in some situations. Otherwise the unit itself is a fairly powerful ranged unit that gives slight buffs on start.Beltorat Assault Knight ** - A fast beltorat unit who can get very powerful and double attacks if it sends a dragon kin from the file to the cemetery. Beltorat Spearman * - Very powerful soul skill for Beltorat files. Unit itself is fairly powerful for a level 2 ranged unit with base 50AT and 50HP after rankup.Damage Grimoires.

Mid/Big RedThe main idea of this file is to use a strong stand alone unit like Volcano Wyvern and support it with open and start skills damage. To get a good base file for a mid/big file get the Volcano Hustle prebuilt. This shall be included here so this section isn't empty

Common Cards:Volcano Wyvern ** - really strong start skill and usually can deal with more than 2 unitsGiant Dragonfly * - used in some versions because of the open skillGiant Arthropleurid ** - a really good unit to stall, can deal damage to multiple units and gets stronger and stronger every turnFlame Emperor / Allind ***** - his open can deal with most level 3 rush files, he can be used with 1 copy, after you use the open you let him die to reuse him the next turn.Roar of the Flame Emperor **** - a really strong damage grimDragon Slayer / Bringer ***** - open damage and can deal with most units in the game with his skillBeast Emperor / Rivera ***** - high agi, can stall the game and really helpful against UndeadsMad Beast / Dandan *** - really strong lvl4 unit, awesome auto skill.Brave Hero / Dilate ***** - Slash for 1 SP AT x 2, really hard for some files to kill him, best tank gowen hasKatana Dual Wielder / Sakura *** - really powerful open skillFire Storm Wyvern ** - used for more open skill damageForest Hero / Athira Shin **** - once he "level ups", he is really hard to killEX: Girl MercenaryEX - used in some version as open and she protects your LPSalamander * - used to trigger soul skills, open damage good for stacking damageNine Ball Assassin / Jerry *** - his skill can be really strong if you have luckSteel Bladesman / Bazgar *** - alternative to Bringer, powerful action skill that deals a lot of damageUnequaled Legend / GenshinEX - immune to soul skills, iczer attacks for 2 LP and huge HP and ATArcher Scout ** - used as openBurning Air * - Can be used to clear the board and kill many lower hp units.Boulder Drop * - deals row damage to both sides of the field.River of Fire * - see Boulder DropEfreet ** - A fairly powerful mid-endgame unit for gowen with a semi-bof auto skill and a slightly stronger fire arrow action skill. Come's with a decent Open skill as well. Be warned, very SP intensive to use.Gun God / Ben MacLachlan *** - Powerful ranged unit when ranked up. Can be difficult to kill at times and Multi hits when focused. Can scale attack to very high values.Three-Headed Dragon ** - A very random unit which can range from very powerful, to fairly useless. On average though it seems to be a strong add to a big file due to it's potential and raw damage output.Explosive Wyvern * - A unit who provides a 'free' BoF (Ball of Flame) splash as an open skill. Can be used to weaken or finish off weakened enemy units.

Wow, that's some awkward wording you guys used there. You struggled a lot with this one, didn't you?Well, most of the files I can agree with since Gowen can be relatively liberal with its file composition.

I would rather remove or at least denounce the importance of those cards. Most pixy files don't exactly use an endgame unit but focus on continuous outpoor of pixies through Treasure Hunter. The entire Pixy>Mid/Big Gowen setup definitely works but has little to do with a classical pixy file, SS wise.

As for Fierte your mileage may obviously vary, but she can hurt both swarm based as well as lock/iczer based pixy files worse than the enemy in some cases. It is definitely an option, but it is not "really important" and in some cases "counterproductive".

Just like Verlaat, a minor nitpick. She doesn't raise AT (temporary buff), but raises attack damage (permanent buff). Of course you know this when you've played for a while, but inexperienced users looking at it...

Gonna recommend Burning Air https://alteil-login.apocoplay.com/cardDB/detail.php?id=878 to Big Red, possibly Mid Red as a board wiper. It's occasionally more efficient than Ball of Flame, costs less Sp overall, and pierces damage. The only downside is that it hits your own units, so just be smart with it.